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  2. Sharpless catalog - Wikipedia

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    The Sharpless catalog is a list of 313 H II regions (emission nebulae) intended to be comprehensive north of declination −27°. (It does include some nebulae south of that declination as well.) (It does include some nebulae south of that declination as well.)

  3. Stewart Sharpless - Wikipedia

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    Stewart Sharpless (March 29, 1926 – January 19, 2013) [1] was an American astronomer who carried out fundamental work on the structure of the Milky Way galaxy. As a graduate student at Yerkes Observatory he worked under William Morgan with fellow graduate student Don Osterbrock . [ 2 ]

  4. RCW Catalogue - Wikipedia

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    The RCW Catalogue (from Rodgers, Campbell & Whiteoak) is an astronomical catalogue of Hα-emission regions in the southern Milky Way, described in (Rodgers et al. 1960). It contains 182 objects, including many of the earlier Gum catalogue (84 items) objects.

  5. Sh 2-155 - Wikipedia

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    Sh 2-155 [4] was first noted as a galactic emission nebula in 1959 in the extended second edition of the Sharpless catalogue, [5] being a part of the much larger Cep OB3 Association. [5] Although Sh 2-155 is relatively faint for amateur observation, some of its structure may be seen visually through a moderately sized telescope under dark skies ...

  6. List of astronomical catalogues - Wikipedia

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    Z — Fritz Zwicky, Catalogue of galaxies and of clusters of galaxies; ZC — Robertson's Zodiacal Catalogue (James Robertson's catalogue of 3539 zodiacal stars brighter than 9th magnitude) Zij — Islamic astronomical books that tabulates parameters used for astronomical calculations of the positions of the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets

  7. IC 443 - Wikipedia

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    IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 ) is a galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the plane of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum . Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth.

  8. Cygnus Loop - Wikipedia

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    The Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103) is a large supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cygnus, an emission nebula measuring nearly 3° across. [1] Some arcs of the loop, known collectively as the Veil Nebula or Cirrus Nebula, emit in the visible electromagnetic range. [ 1 ]

  9. Sh 2-1 - Wikipedia

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    Sh 2-1, also known as Sharpless 1, is the combination of a diffuse HII emission nebula and reflection nebula in the constellation of Scorpius with Pi Scorpii at its center. It appears as a modest brightness making it one of the easier Sharpless catalog objects for amateur astronomers to view.